...but this requires that each of these configurator calls returns $self as the last step, which is frequently the case...

just out of curiosity, but with this design in mind how would you return a value from a method call? even a simple boolean for success/failure. for example, how could you do something like: 

$window->set_title("Test") or die "Can't set title!\n";

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if you're always only returning $self?

cheers,
Aldo

King of Laziness, Wizard of Impatience, Lord of Hubris

In reply to Re: Re: multiple method calls against the same object (f.ex GUI programming) by dada
in thread multiple method calls against the same object (f.ex GUI programming) by Aristotle

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